P.Oxy. XLVIII 3394

Petition to Flavius Flavianus

ed. J. C. Shelton

EES: Papyrology Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

"The papyrus is badly mutilated, but it is clear that Dorotheus and Papnuthis, having
borrowed money to pay taxes, found themselves in unexpectedly straitened circumstances,
were unable to meet their obligations, and feared that they might have to take
flight."